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“I don’t know what it’s gonna look like to the provincial government or to our municipal regional partners in Edmonton if we implicitly or explicitly rely on that navigation centre” Leduc Hub Association, is Leduc’s only shelter and has closed its doors at the end of June after being unable to find a new home … Read more

Landscapers and other businesses say they’re wilting under the city’s outdoor watering ban Terry Schwager from Jet Stream Irrigation readies and prepares spare parts in his southeast Calgary shop on Friday, July 5, 2024. He and others are waiting for the outdoor water restrictions to lift. Jim Wells/PostmediaJim Wells/Postmedia Calgary’s irrigation industry says it’s wilting … Read more

President Biden speaks during a campaign event in Madison, Wisconsin, on July 5, 2024. AFP via Getty Images Carl Bernstein of Watergate fame recently told CNN viewers that people close to President Biden — people “who loved him, have supported him, and among them are some people who would raise a lot of money for … Read more

This week, 7,000 loyal National Education Association activists have gathered in Philadelphia for the union’s annual meeting. AP This week, 7,000 loyal National Education Association activists have gathered in Philadelphia for the union’s annual meeting — and, as is depressingly predictable, student achievement and school improvement aren’t their top concern. Instead, a recently formed group … Read more

How do you say “finally” in Swedish? Ikea is planning to open its first store in Midtown Manhattan — and its second location in the Big Apple — on the heels of its promise to cut prices of its goods in the US. The new affordable furniture and home goods haven — beloved by broke New Yorkers and beyond — will … Read more

“Saskatchewan’s growing at its fastest pace in more than a century with more people living and working in the province than ever before,” says Jeremy Harrison. A sign seeking job hunters is posted outside a retailer at the Cornwall Centre in Regina on Nov. 13, 2023. Saskatchewan reached record levels of employment in June 2024, … Read more

Their vending machines are locked and loaded. Two grocery stores in Alabama are selling gun ammunition in artificial intelligence-powered “retail kiosks” that scan buyers’ identification cards and faces before spitting out bullets. The refrigerator-sized machines, located at Fresh Value stores in Tuscaloosa and Pell City, use 360-degree facial recognition to verify a customer’s age and ID in … Read more

For Bronx “Super dad” Freddy Ramirez, getting a much-needed kidney should have been a celebration –but the jubilant news was cloaked in tragedy when he learned the life-saving organ came from a young girl whose mother and teen boyfriend were charged in her death last month. Ramirez, 43, father of an 8-year-old boy with autism, … Read more

These days, summer in New York means fun in the sun — and blood in the water. There were 13 reports of shark bites recorded on Long Island in just the past two years, a disturbing trend experts say is here to stay even with New Yorker’s 1 in 4 million chance of getting nibbled … Read more

Fireworks mishaps blew up across Long Island on the Fourth of July — causing one man to lose three of his fingers and an 11-year-old boy to set fire to two houses, authorities said. An 8-year-old girl also suffered minor injuries when a firework went astray during a gathering outside a home on Foxrun Court … Read more